Anti-Thatcher Song Heads For U.K. No. 1

4/12/2013 7:36AM

“Ding Dong the Witch is Dead,” the tune from the Hollywood classic “The Wizard of Oz,” has become a conduit for Margaret Thatcher protests in the U.K., driving the song up toward No. 1 in the country’s charts this weekend ahead of the former prime minister’s funeral on Wednesday.

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